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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Caterpillar Hunter Beetles (Calosoma) » Subgenus Chrysostigma (Calosoma Subgenus Chrysostigma) » Fiery Hunter (Calosoma calidum)
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Beetle - Calosoma calidum
Copyright © 2015 sh11

Beetle - Calosoma calidum
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
May 17, 2013
found in an old field
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Contributed by sh11 on 8 February, 2015 - 8:59pm
Last updated 9 February, 2015 - 6:44am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 February, 2015 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

Fiery Hunter
Callisthenes callidus.
… C, 8 February, 2015 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi...thank you...is that a sy
Hi...thank you...is that a synonym for Calisoma calidum?
… sh11, 9 February, 2015 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

 
CalOsoma calidum, yes
the species travels back in forth because people disagree on whether Callistenes is part of Calosoma or not; the two look much better separated in Eurasia than here in America
the heavyset, flightless jobs like the one here represent the typical callistenine gestalt
… v belov, 9 February, 2015 - 6:45am login or register to post comments

 
Very interesting stuff! Than
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for clarifying.
… sh11, 9 February, 2015 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

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